RA 197.4958° · Dec 17.5290° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
42Alp Com is an uncommon star. It lies about 46.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Com, shines at apparent magnitude 5.17 and has spectral type F5 V.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for 42Alp Com in the constellation Com. At apparent magnitude 5.17, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 42Alp Com is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
42Alp Com scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Binary star, Yellow-white F-type star and Main-sequence star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.